Chances are, if you went to your local grocery store and stumbled across some melons that were selling for $12,000, you would think someone had lost their minds. As it turns out, that would be a pretty cheap price if they were a couple of Japanese cantaloupes. Each year, top grade Yubari melons fetch astonishing [...]

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Celebrated by people of all ages, February 14 is a time to show your affection and appreciation for those you love. Love can be displayed in many forms, and at many price points. Did you know the average man spends $168.74 while the average woman spends $85.76 on his/her significant other on Valentine’s Day? Check [...]

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Have you ever wondered why Free Shipping promotions continue to increase? Have you ever wondered how Amazon Prime really works? The infographic below helps explain the numbers and importance behind the Amazon Prime concept. Did you know: •       Amazon had enough revenue in web sales in 2010 to buy every person in [...]

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Have you ever seen one of those infomercials where they show you the before and after photos of the people using their miraculous new diet or fitness program? It’s often an amazing transformation. How do they DO that? Is the product that’s being advertised really responsible for this magnificent metamorphosis? One blogger has created a [...]

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Amazon has tried just about everything to make the shopping experience easier for its customers…except this.  Is it time for Amazon to open retails stores? It seems the internet giant may be looking to open its first retail store. Amazon is reportedly taking a look at a location in Seattle, Washington top open a good, [...]

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Uh oh, the guys are at it again. Instead of Wal-Mart, this time the guys are doing a little shopping at K-Mart. They don’t know what they’ve put on each other’s shopping lists until they get to the store.  Then, they ask a clerk for help. Don’t forget the pre-natal vodka! Watch more Viral Videos [...]

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It was ugly scene in China this morning, as shoppers rioted after being told the iPhone 4S was not available.  Many of them had lined up overnight to get their hands on the prized device. Authorities detained at least two people outside the shop in Beijing today when angry crowds who had waited in freezing [...]

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Sears has released a partial list of stores the retailer plans to close in 2012 as part of its efforts to increase profitablility. The company should be releasing the rest of the list soon, and when they do, we will post it here at Blippitt. The retailer previously said it would close up to 120 [...]

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Little Riley has a good point for all the marketers out there. Stop trying to make girls buy pink dolls and boys buy superheroes! Some girls like superheroes just as much as , if not more than, princesses. If you’re looking for a little inspiration this Christmas, watch this little girl’s impassioned speech against gender [...]

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Sears has announced that it will close 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor holiday sales figures. The closings are the latest in a long string of maneuvers aimed at trying to bolster a retailer that has struggled with decreasing sales. In an internal memo to employees this morning, CEO Lou D’Ambrosio said [...]

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Don’t you just hate it?  You spend all that time picking out what you think is just the right Christmas gift, but odds are, someone’s going to return it anyway. In 2010, a poll by Western Union revealed that 75 percent of Americans lie about liking a gift when they really don’t. If you want [...]

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Whoever had the nerve to give this old lady’s heart away a day after receiving it last Christmas was a real Scrooge! Aside from that, I would two or three seniors dancing a “flash mob”, but they’re pretty cute so we’ll let it slide. Watch more Viral Videos here

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